What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? California
I live in Los Angeles, CA and I got rear ended a couple of weeks ago (10/18/05). I was on my way to work on a surface street driving southbound and I was coming towards an intersection. I had just gotten out of a school zone, only a few yards away.
Anyway, I was approaching a green light and noticed that the cars in front of me were slowing down and pulling over because a police car with its sirens on was coming toward me headed northbound. To prevent from stopping in the middle of the intersection, I slowed down and stopped right before. There was really nowhere else for me to go because there was so much traffic around me, my only choice was to slow and stop where I was. Then it happened, I suddenly got rear ended. My first accident in the 15 years I've been driving!!!!
I then exchanged information with the person who rear ended me. We were the only cars and the only people involved. She was being cooperative (at the scene, anyway) until I called her the next day to see if she had reported the claim to her insurance company. She said that she hadn't and that she would do it that day. She mentioned to me that she had to go straight to the hospital after the accident and stayed there for 4 hours, but she also mentioned that she hadn't felt well for days. She also mentioned that her car had gotten stolen a few weeks before and she had just gotten it back and the bumper was already damaged before our accident. I really didn't know where she was getting at by telling me all that information.
It's three weeks later and my car is still in the shop. I was advised by her insurance company that she's refusing to admit fault; therefore, they can't do anything with my claim until she does. Also, she still hasn't submitted a formal claim with either of our insurance companies. I don't know what to do. Please help!
I live in Los Angeles, CA and I got rear ended a couple of weeks ago (10/18/05). I was on my way to work on a surface street driving southbound and I was coming towards an intersection. I had just gotten out of a school zone, only a few yards away.
Anyway, I was approaching a green light and noticed that the cars in front of me were slowing down and pulling over because a police car with its sirens on was coming toward me headed northbound. To prevent from stopping in the middle of the intersection, I slowed down and stopped right before. There was really nowhere else for me to go because there was so much traffic around me, my only choice was to slow and stop where I was. Then it happened, I suddenly got rear ended. My first accident in the 15 years I've been driving!!!!
I then exchanged information with the person who rear ended me. We were the only cars and the only people involved. She was being cooperative (at the scene, anyway) until I called her the next day to see if she had reported the claim to her insurance company. She said that she hadn't and that she would do it that day. She mentioned to me that she had to go straight to the hospital after the accident and stayed there for 4 hours, but she also mentioned that she hadn't felt well for days. She also mentioned that her car had gotten stolen a few weeks before and she had just gotten it back and the bumper was already damaged before our accident. I really didn't know where she was getting at by telling me all that information.
It's three weeks later and my car is still in the shop. I was advised by her insurance company that she's refusing to admit fault; therefore, they can't do anything with my claim until she does. Also, she still hasn't submitted a formal claim with either of our insurance companies. I don't know what to do. Please help!